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(vip)Change Commands

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Change Commands
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   Most commonly used change command takes the following form.

`c MOTION-COMMAND'
     Replace the content of the region determined by the motion command
     MOTION-COMMAND by the text you type.  If the motion command is a
     point command then you will type the text into minibuffer, and if
     the motion command is a line command then the region will be
     deleted first and you can insert the text in INSERT MODE.

For example, if point is at the beginning of a word `foo' and you wish
to change it to `bar', you can type `c w'.  Then, as `w' is a point
command, you will get the prompt `foo =>' in the minibuffer, for which
you can type `b a r <RET>' to complete the change command.

`c c'
     Change a line.  Given a count, that many lines are changed.

`c r'
     Change current region.

`c R'
     Expand current region and change it.